Specialist, Bid Centre of Excellence

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Title - Specialist, Bid Centre of Excellence Reporting to Assistant Manager, Bid Centre of Excellence Key stakeholders - Head of Sales Enablement, Solution & Proposal Managers/Directors, Bid Coordinators, Subject-Matter-Experts, Client Account Leads Direct reports - Not applicable

Duties & responsibilities

What this job involves – ·    Work collaboratively with the Sales Leads and proposal manager to provide support for varied presales solution aspects, including bid-response. ·    Lead the kick-off calls, coordinate with department heads to identify specific stakeholders for individual bids, and act as the main contact-point for process execution. ·    Manage the bid portals and provide regular updates to Bid Managers/Directors on projects in the pipeline. ·    Complete first baseline draft RFP response, pulling baselines from proposal databases & baselines libraries. Would need to edit or re-write the responses to provide the best suited response. Gradually, start developing RFP’s end to end, while actively engaging with Sales Lead or Project Managers and/or Account Team. ·    Own the development of tailored CVs/Bios/Case studies working with the business lines and SMEs. o   Engage with all organizational SMEs to ensure that their inputs are incorporated in a timely manner. ·    Undertake research on customer and opportunity and gather competitive information to feed into bid-evaluation process and responses. ·    Contribute to the development of slides for bid presentations in PowerPoint, in coordination with the proposal manager, bid coordinator, and graphic design specialists. ·    Assist in preparing qualification and client proposal materials by bringing the best of the practice and delivering high-quality client development materials. ·    Identify unique questions & responses in completed bids, and update the baselines with new content or coordinate with KM colleagues to have this closed

Performance objectives ·    Ability to understand company’s service lines, business dynamics, and value proposition, and showcase the same through accurate, comprehensive and well-written draft responses ·    Ability to share ideas, display proactiveness, ownership of individual tasks, contribute to team projects, and ensuring closure in strict timelines ·    Teamwork, timeliness, quick learning, resourcefulness, ability to ideate – would be the key traits ·    Should be open to support during peak hours or after-office hours to contribute towards urgent client submissions

Key skills ·    Experience in Proposal Management / Support from a reputed firm ·    Content writing, content/knowledge management ·    Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills ·    Proficient with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) ·    High attention to detail with consistent high-quality deliverables ·    Able to work on strict turnaround times, and have a problem-solving approach ·    Functional experience of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel); proficiency in formatting/design will be a plus Good to have: o   SharePoint – Creating lists/libraries/sites o   Experience in Real Estate industry, especially construction or project management

Employee specification ·    Post-Graduate, with excellent academic credentials ·    6-8 years of relevant experience from a professional services firm, including proposal editing and writing

Location:

On-site –Gurugram, HR Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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